An Epworth woman is battling for her life at a local hospital where she was rushed with an axe stuck on her jaw last Friday. Violet Gwengwere’s chilling cry for help woke up her neighbours who found her writhing in agony at around midnight. One of Violet’s neighbours, Munyaradzi Pasarai, said: “I was […]
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The Harare Metropolitan provincial authorities have ordered the closure of all unlicensed and unclean food outlets in the four local authorities of Greater Harare as Harare reports 307 cases of cholera in various suburbs, ranging from overcrowded Mbare to leafy Mount Pleasant. The metropolitan province now has the second-highest number of cholera cases since the […]
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Angry young man beats elderly man to death Anyway Pondo (20) flew into a rage when he heard Langton Mandibvira speak English and beat him to death. He denied the murder along with Keith Matanewa (21). Keith Matanewa was cleared of the murder due to lack of evidence. Court finds Pondo guilty of murder […]
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Felistas Murata, a Zimbabwean socialite, has been accused of having a hand in the death of her helicopter pilot, Captain Peter Chirimuuta, who died just a day after her wedding¹. The helicopter that ferried Felistas Murata to her wedding in Chisipite crashed the following day on Sunday, killing the pilot, a former Squadron Commander and […]
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It was a bold gambit by the 25-year-old Kenyan chess player to disguise himself as a woman to compete in his country’s female open chess tournament. Dressed head to toe in a burka and wearing spectacles, Stanley Omondi had registered himself as Millicent Awour. But Omondi’s daring move was exposed as the organisers got […]
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Protests erupted in Kansas City, Missouri, over the weekend after a homeowner shot a black teenager who rang their doorbell by mistake. Ralph Yarl, 16, was trying to pick up his brothers from a friend’s house on 13 April, but went to the wrong address. The suspect opened the door and shot Mr […]
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